Far-right figure Gavin McInnes denied visa ahead of planned speaking tour

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Source: The Age

1 December 2018 — 12:20pm

Right wing extremist Gavin McInnes has been refused a visa to enter Australia ahead of a controversial upcoming speaking tour.

The American founder of male-only "Western chauvinist" organisation Proud Boys was planning to tour Australia with UK far-right figure Tommy Robinson in early December. The pair were calling their events in Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Gold Coast 'The Deplorables' tour, and selling VIP "private dinner" tickets for $995.

On Thursday, the Herald reported that the tour had been postponed until 2019 due to Robinson "cocking up his diary", as his personal assistant put it on Twitter.

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, had the previous week announced a "Brexit betrayal march" in the UK on December 9, when he was supposed to be between appearances in Australia. But it now appears the pair will not be coming to Australia at all.

Read more: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/far-right-figure-gavin-mcinnes-denied-visa-ahead-of-planned-speaking-tour-20181130-p50jiu.html

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Good for Australia

I wouldn't let a Nazi in to create discord, either.

[Solly Mack]

2. Haha!

[Apollyonus]

3. Good hahahaha

[Haggis for Breakfast]

4. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

And his goofy mustache.

[Julian Englis]

5. The story is wrong!!!!!

Gavin McInnes is not an American. He's one Canada's three supervillains, along Rafael "Ted" Cruz with and Snidely Whiplash.

[Julian Englis]

6. They have corrected the error, noting that McInnes is an evil Canadian rather an American. eom

[GulfCoast66]

7. Can we deport him?

Has he been arrested?